# Accident 20080419835809A: Amtr VORTEX, Berclair, TX, April 19, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 19, 2008, 16:50 local time
- Place: Berclair, TX
- Airport: Goliad County Industrial Airpa
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.6083° N, 97.6094° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.6083&lon=-97.6094&mi=10
- Aircraft: N94470, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N94470-2018-01-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Blevens Gary VORTEX (registry code 05622M7, https://openairdocs.org/model/blevens-gary-vortex) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 582SER (registry code 55556, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-582ser) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR VORTEX
- Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 87 total, 87 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW08LA105](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08LA105) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080419835809A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23)  THE COM CENTER CALLED AT APPROXIMATELY 18:30 LOCAL TIME.  THERE WAS A REPORT OF A GYRO COPTER CRASH AT GOLIAD AIRFIELD INDUSTRIAL PARK (7T3).  THE REPORT WAS OF ONE FATALITY.  THE PILOT WAS THE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^BUILDER OF THIS EXPERIMENTAL AMATEUR BUILT AIRCRAFT.  THE SPECIAL AIRWORTHINESS CERTIFICATE AND A REPAIRMAN CERTIFICATE WERE ISSUED JANUARY 28, 2008.  INITIAL INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT SHOWED COMPLETE PUSHER PROPELLER DESTRUCTION.  THERE WERE NO WITNESSES TO THE ACCIDENT.  THE PILOT'S WIFE STATED HE WAS GOING TO PRACTICE TAXI RUNS.  THE AIRCRAFT SHOWED 8.5 HOURS ON THE HOBBS HOUR METER.  IT'S THIS INSPECTOR'S OPINION THE AIRCRAFT HAD GAINED UNKNOWN ALTITUDE, THE PILOT LOST CONTROL OR HAD TROUBLE CONTROLLING THE AIRCRAFT; IT MADE A HARD LANDING ON THE RIGHT MAIN FIXED LANDING GEAR.  THIS CAUSED THE GEAR TO BUCKLE AND FAIL IN THE AFT AND INBOARD DIRECTION WHERE IT CAME INTO THE PROPELLER ARC.  THE PROP STRUCK THE RIGHT MAIN TIRE CAUSING COMPLETE DESTRUCTIONS OF THE COMPOSITE THREE BLADED PROP.  THE AIRCRAFT GAINED ALTITUDE AGAIN, BUT LOST FORWARD MOMENTUM STALLING LEFT OF THE RUNWAY APPROXIMATELY FIFTY FEET FROM THE RUNWAYS EDGE.  THE IMPACT WAS NEAR VERTICAL WITH NO FORWARD MOMENTUM.  THE IMPACT WAS GREAT ENOUGH TO COLLAPSE THE LEFT MAIN AND NOSE GEAR AND SUPPORT STRUTS.  THE ROTORS SHOWED LITTLE ROTATIONAL MOVEMENT, AND THERE WAS A SLIGHT SIGNATURE MARK ON THE BOTTOM OUTBOARD EDGE OF ONE ROTOR BLADE.  THE PILOT HAD 8.1 HOURS DUAL INSTRUCTOR TIME AND 1.8 PILOT IN COMMAND TIME.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DFW08LA105](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08LA105), Apr 19, 2008: Blevens Gary Vortex (N94470), Berclair, TX, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: Loss of control for undetermined reasons.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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